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DR Congo confirms first Ebola cases
AFP, Published on 24/08/2014
» The Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday confirmed its two first cases of Ebola this year, but claimed they were unrelated to the epidemic raging in four countries of West Africa.
Don Sahong dam runs into trouble
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/06/2014
» Thailand will reaffirm at the Mekong River Commission (MRC) meeting today that Laos' Don Sahong hydro-power dam project must undergo a consultation process of member states before Vientiane can move ahead with its construction.
Croc hazard on Australian golf course
AFP, Published on 06/06/2014
» Golfers are facing an unusual feature on a links in tropical northern Australia -- crocodiles that live in the course's lakes.
Mine explodes in Bosnia as floods clear-up begins
AFP, Published on 22/05/2014
» A landmine dislodged by devastating floods in the Balkans exploded in Bosnia, officials said Wednesday, hurting no one but highlighting the dangers of a huge clean-up operation as governments began counting the costs.
Millions join satellite search for missing plane
AFP, Published on 18/03/2014
» Three million people have joined an effort led by a satellite operator to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing project of its kind.
UN expedites troop reinforcements to raging S.Sudan
AFP, Published on 26/12/2013
» The United Nations said Thursday it was speeding reinforcements to its beleaguered peacekeeping force in South Sudan, where ferocious fighting was raging in the oil-producing north.
Fighting rages in South Sudan as UN moves to boost force
AFP, Published on 25/12/2013
» South Sudan's army battled rebel forces Wednesday in an oil flashpoint while troops flushed out insurgents in Bor after its recapture, as the United Nations moved to double its peacekeeping force to stave off civil war.
Ukrainians keep up protests as special troops sent in
AFP, Published on 09/12/2013
» Pro-EU Ukrainian demonstrators on Monday kept up their protest against President Viktor Yanukovych as the authorities sent internal troops and riot police into central Kiev in an increasingly tense showdown.
Lenin monument toppled as pro-EU protests rage in Kiev
AFP, Published on 08/12/2013
» Pro-EU Ukrainian protesters on Sunday toppled a statue of the Soviet Union's founder Vladimir Lenin in Kiev after hundreds of thousands massed for a new protest in an increasingly tense standoff with President Viktor Yanukovych's government.
Britain's royal baby: Live Report
AFP, Published on 22/07/2013
» WE ARE NOW CLOSING this Live Report on the birth of the royal baby in Britain.